Remembering Ronnie Roundup: Book Set to Come Out

Pat Hughes and Rich Wolfe have finished writing their book Ron Santo: A Perfect Ten in honor of the late Cubs legend. It is now available for pre-order on santofilms.com. Preordered copies of the book will be shipped out on Thursday, June 2. The price is $25. Hughes and Wolfe spoke with many people who were touched by Santo and new Ron closely and published their thoughts. Contributors to the book include:

• Ron Santo Jr., Ronnie's son


• Pat Hughes, co-author and Santo's partner on WGN Radio for 15 years


• Kerry Wood, Cubs pitcher from '98 to '08 while Ronnie was in the booth. Santo's favorite current Cub.


• Vicki Santo, Ron's wife


• Jeff Santo, Ron's son


• Linda Santo-Brown, Ron's daughter


• Judy Santo, Ronnie's ex-wife


• Frank Sevelli and Bill Chatalas, childhood friends of Ron Santo


• Bud Selig, MLB commissioner


• Tom Ricketts, the chairman of the Cubs


• Ned Colletti, Dodgers GM and friend of Ron


• Crane Kenney, Cubs President


• John McDonough, former Cubs front office man, now with the Blackhawks


• Mike Murphy, radio personality


• David Kaplan, WGN Radio and Comcast Sports Net host


• Bruce Miles, Cubs beat writer for the Daily Herald


• Fred Mitchell, writer for the Chicago Tribune


• Matt Boltz, producer engineer of Cubs baseball on WGN Radio since 2000


• Judd Sirott, worked with Ron for two years on Cubs radio, current pre/post host


• Cory Provus, worked with Ron for two years on WGN Radio for 1 inning of play-by-play and pregame show


• Andy Masur, was the first to work as the third member of the booth with Pat and Ron, did so far seven seasons


• Thom Brennaman, Ron's only other broadcast partner besides Pat

I cannot wait until I have my hands on a copy of the book!